Responding to Congress leader Digvijay Singh remarks "who lives there" on Katchatheevu Island, Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Wednesday said that the Congress has no guilt over compromising territorial integrity and putting the lives of our Tamil fishermen at risk.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday slammed the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), blaming the party for allegedly being involved in the Katchatheevu island issue from the beginning.
Launching a scathing attack on Congress leader Digvijay Singh over his remark on Kachchatheevu island, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shehzad Poonawalla on Wednesday said that his comment shows the mindset of the Congress that they put family first, not nation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched a strong attack on the ruling DMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu and said he will continue to expose the "decades-old dangerous politics" of the ruling party in the state
Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Thursday said that the Congress Party has not only chopped off the strategically and economically crucial Katchatheevu (Kachchatheevu) Island from the mainland of Bharat but also axed the territorial integrity of Bharat several times.
Tamil Nadu BJP chief and party's Coimbatore candidate, K Annamalai, said the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is "frustrated" after the Prime Minister "spelled beans" on Katchatheevu Island.
The former Foreign Secretary also argued that when the Britishers had not put the island under 'British India', then why did the Indira Gandhi government delimit it in Sri Lanka's favour.
Underlining that the issue of Katchatheevu Island is not just a territorial issue, Former Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Tuesday said that it is rather an issue of the rights of our people, and the ability to fish well beyond the island.
Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) over the Katchatheevu island issue, AIADMK leader Sellur K Raju backed the PM's statement, calling it "true."
The decades-old issue of Katchatheevu island continued to heat up on Monday, with both Bharatiya Janata Party and the Opposition training guns at each other, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
Coming out hard against the Bharatiya Janata Party amid the Katchatheevu island row, DMK leader Kanimozhi alleged that China has been allowed to infiltrate the country and even rename the state of Arunachal Pradesh.